I use frameworks (Zend, CodeIgniter) for all PHP projects except protoyping HTML templates (like, when knocking out a quick page with placeholder data and funct

I use frameworks (Zend, CodeIgniter) for all PHP projects except protoyping HTML templates (like, when knocking out a quick page with placeholder data and functionality to show a client). The hate poured on PHP for functionality that I have never, ever used (read pretty much any "PHP sucks because..." post and notice that the majority of the complaints are for things that real PHP developers are well aware of and effortlessly deal with) gets tiresome to hear about. Use it following some basic, current, best practices and it is fast, easy and perfectly fine for developing with.